SOLUTION: "How do you solve this word problem?" "A carpenter cuts three 4'6" shelves from a 14' board. How long a piece was left over?"

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Question 883925: "How do you solve this word problem?"
"A carpenter cuts three 4'6" shelves from a 14' board. How long a piece was left over?"
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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4'6" = 4 + 6/12 = 4.5 ft

3*4.5 = 13.5 ft

14 - 13.5 = 0.5

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There's 0.5 or 1/2 a foot of board left over. Equivalently, there are 6 inches of board left.